My most intense week ever! I worked my ass off this week. I’m not going into this thinking I’m going to correct all my errors or fix all my weaknesses in a week. So, I came up with the game plan to work on a few things every week and then add on to every following week, so I’m continuously improving and adding to my arsenal. Right now my arsenal includes like 2 punches, 2 kicks, a knee and a very slow spinning back fist.  

I found myself having the worst day of the week during sparring But not with the sparring, with my crew. My camerawoman had a family reunion and I didn’t find out about it until the day of sparring and with such short notice I couldn’t find anyone to fill in. Then, Evan told me my sound man Tom had camera experience. So, we juggled around some positions and Tom took the job. He did an amazing job! He even caught me vomiting in the parking lot after sparring. I think this is the first time I’ve been excited about someone filming me vomit.  

Sparring went better than I expected. I’ve decided to not go into details on my sparring, as I want to leave some surprises in the film for you but I did pretty good. I have to learn to stay on the balls of my feet which Evan and Brandon will be over during week four to help me with. Outside of that, I’ve learned that if I want to survive on the ground against an MMA fighter—I need to learn some submission moves. Since I can’t be taught moves by a professional, I’m playing my MMA video game, watching some fight footage online and watching how they do things in order to learn moves. I’m working on two moves this week, which I hope to have a chance to use in week four’s sparring. Speaking of week four, my MMA gear will finally be here. It was suppose to be here last week but the shipment got stuck in Iowa or something. Oh well, I’m excited to wear my first ever MMA gloves. I’m also worried about wearing head gear because now it invites being hit in the head. Something I don’t expect to be much fun but a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do and this man is going to do his damnedest to not get hit in the head.  

I’ll let you know how this tactic works next week. If you don’t hear from me, then the tactic didn’t work that well.  

-Baby Kisses